Outrageous: "Condom ringtone launched in India"

Yet another desensitizing initiative contrary to human dignity undertaken by condom-promoters:

A cellphone ringtone that chants "condom, condom!" has been launched in India to promote safe sex and tackle the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic.

The "condom a cappella" has been designed to break down Indians' reluctance to discuss condom use and to make wearing a condom more acceptable.

Organisers of the campaign, funded by the foundation set up by Microsoft mogul Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, hope the ringtone will become a craze among young Indians.

About 2.5 million people live with HIV in India, said the BBC World Service Trust, the charity behind the ringtone, which was released this month....

... "Ringtones have become such personal statements that a specially created condom ringtone seemed just the right way of combining a practical message with a fun approach," said Radharani Mitra, creative director of the BBC World Service Trust.

"The idea is to tackle the inhibitions and taboos that can be associated with condoms." (AFP)

Frankly, if I were a young guy living in India without Catholic morals, and I heard some girl's cell phone start ringing next to me with the words "condom, condom" ...

Well, call me naive, but how exactly is this supposed to reduce instances of STD-infection?!

Claim: Catholic Church in India approves condoms for married couples

Of course, claims like this surface a few times a year, and with it - invariably - the corresponding claim that the Vatican is preparing to revise it's own stance on condom use in certain cases. DNAindia.com:

Faced with widespread criticism that its strident anti-condom stand has killed millions of people affected with AIDS, the Catholic church may review its policy. Church sources say the Vatican is preparing a document on allowing the use of condoms in certain cases.

Church sources said Pope Benedict XVI, who had two years ago maintained that “we have not changed our minds about the condom thing”, is moving away from the “absolutist stand of his precedessor John Paul II”.

On the eve of World AIDS Day, the Indian Catholic church sources said on Thursday that married couples could use condoms.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), under the banner of the National Catholic Coalition for HIV & AIDS in India, is organising a pledge by one million youth across the country between November 30 and December 1.

Though the five pledges do not exhort the youth to use condoms, church sources said married couples may use condom. It is forbidden for others on the grounds that it promotes promiscuity.

I'm currently looking for some sort of confirmation regarding these claims made about the Catholic Church in India allowing condoms to infected married couples. If anyone finds one, please let me know.